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Post by Andy on Sept 15, 2016 7:22:11 GMT 10
Hope all who are in north west & central Victoria are not getting wet feet.
Here is the Avoca river that runs through my town, Charlton. Supposed to peak at around midday. I could just about see it rising as I stood there looking at it.
Yesterday about 7am.
Today at about the same time.
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Post by nuggethill on Sept 15, 2016 12:10:08 GMT 10
Wow that's not good Andy are you OK mate
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Post by Rowdy on Sept 15, 2016 13:12:30 GMT 10
On the telly this morning they said the river at Charlton was at 7 meters. What level does the river have to get to before you get flooded Andy?
Rowdy
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Post by Ric on Sept 15, 2016 14:13:03 GMT 10
Not Good Andy.Hope it does not come up as far as last time.
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Post by Andy on Sept 15, 2016 14:51:56 GMT 10
Hey guys. My street is ok at the moment. Heard a couple of houses at the eastern side of town are in a dangerous risk of flooding. That's the Wedderburn side of town. It's suppose to now peak around 11 tonight at 7.8 metres. If it only gets that high I'm safe, as that's about the level it got to in September 2010 & the water only came about 3 inches into the front yard. To be on the safe side I've moved the poptop to the high side of the garage.
But if it does get to the height they are saying, the shops in the main street will flood. We don't have any power, it went off about 1.30 this morning, but we've been told it should be back on about tea time tonight. I'm using the laptop & mobile dongle to post this. Lucky I have the solar system in the van also, means I can keep the mobile ph & laptop charged, & I have plenty of download MBs left.
I'll try & keep you updated when I can.
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Post by shivan on Sept 15, 2016 18:11:09 GMT 10
Not good at all Andy, hope the rain lets up for a bit and gives you a chance to dry out.
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Post by labrador on Sept 16, 2016 8:07:16 GMT 10
Be close as you peek in a hour, it may not reach the predicted height, They are holding the water back in the Murray at Mildura, to allow the slug of salt on the Darling to enter the Murray, and we are out of water, as we pump directly in to the house, from the river. I would like to trade you Andy for a hour or so of power for some water.
That will all change in the next few weeks and the rivers will be high for a long time, this rain event is wide spread and a long time coming.
Hope you and the folk in town don't lose any property, sadly some lives have been lost already. Us gold fossickers poking around the creeks, if you are not sure wether to cross or not, be it on foot or your car, just think for a moment, what you could lose, verses coming back in a few days.
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Post by mushmouse on Sept 16, 2016 23:31:16 GMT 10
Good to hear you can keep up the power Andy - really self sufficient. I see its still on the rise albeit slowly. Hope there isn't too much damage and no more lives lost. Very sad.
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Post by golddiggerart on Sept 18, 2016 18:32:36 GMT 10
The biggest thing with local councils and even government is that they don't do enough to ensure this type of thing doesn't happen. Stay safe mate.
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Post by Ric on Sept 19, 2016 19:23:02 GMT 10
Nature is a hard task master or mistress and Andy has been at her mercy a few times in recent years. He is well prepared. We live in a country of Drought, Fire, Storms and Flooding Rain, All in the same week sometimes  You can't do much to stop a river. The river is a natural water course and was there first. We are too quick to blame councils or govt for things which are completely out of their control and/or they are not responsible for. You can only put so much towards flood diversion or remediation and in a town of only 1200 people there aint much money to go round. If you try and raise the banks by building levees its just going to find a way round them or/and funnel it further downstream where it will cause someone else grief |
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Post by Andy on Sept 19, 2016 21:29:38 GMT 10
The main reason this event occurred is because last Tuesday & Wednesday we had a total of just under 61mm of rainfall. The Avoca River passes close to St Arnaud, flows through the township of Avoca & both these towns had heavy rain on the same two days as we did. As Ric said, there's not much you can do to stop a river, especially when it is being fed a big dose of rain falling over a large area, either directly or from runoff from the surrounding land.
The river is now considerably lower than it was yesterday, but we don't want another dump like we had last week any time soon.
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